CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The No. 24 Wisconsin women's tennis took on Georgia Tech in the ITA Kickoff Weekend hosted by the University of Virginia on Friday, Jan. 26.

The Badgers dropped its first dual of the season to the Yellow Jackets, 4-3.

UW battled through doubles, but the point ultimately went it favor of Georgia Tech, 2-0.

Alina Mukhortova notched the first point for the Badgers at No. 2 singles, taking down her opponent in two sets. The Yellow Jackets fought back to tie the match 3-3 with Ariel Johnson being the deciding factor. She kept her stamina through three sets and a tiebreak to decide the match, 4-3.

Doubles

No. 50 Mukhortova/Sholokhova retired Lee/Sharabura, 5-4
Bilchev/Cruz def. Cataldi/Johnson, 6-4
Roach/Nicholson def. Cai/Jacobson, 6-2

Singles

Lee def. No. 67 Sholokhova, 7-6 (7-3), 6-3
Mukhortova def. Bilchev, 6-4, 6-3
Cataldi def. Cruz, 6-3, 6-4
No. 87 Cai def. Roach, 6-3, 6-2
Jain def. Johnson 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (9-7)
Nicholson def. Garcia Gross, 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (11-9)

Up Next

Wisconsin will face Texas Tech at 5:00 p.m. tomorrow, Jan. 27.